Removed from Montour (Pennsylvania) High School library, 1976.
Challenged in Abingdon, Virginia, 1980;
Elizabethton, Tennessee, 1981.
Removed from classroom, Miller, Missouri, 1980.
Challenged frequently throughout the U.S.
Considered "trash" that is especially harmful for "younger girls."
Challenged by Clark High School library, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1975.
Placed on special closed shelf in Union High School library, Vergennes,
Vermont, 1978.
Considered "dangerous" because of vulgarity, occultism, violence and sexual
content.
Banned in Freeport High School, DeFuniak Springs, Florida, 1985.
Removed from
Issaquah, Washington, optional high school reading list, 1978;
required reading list, Middleville, Michingan, 1979.;
Jackson-Milton school libraries, North Jackson, Ohio, 1980;
Anniston, Alabama, high school libraries, 1982.
Challenged by Libby (Montana) High School, 1983.
Considered "dangerous" because of objectionable language.
Banned in Strongsville, Ohio, 1972 (overturned in 1976).
Challenged by Dallas, Texas, Independent School District high school
libraries, 1974,
Snoqualmie, Washington, 1979.
Challenged by numerous public libraries.
"Objectionable" language.
Removed from
Westport, Rhode Island, high school classrooms, 1977;
Aurora, Colorado, high school classrooms, 1976;
Anniston, Alabama, high school libraries, 1982.
Considered inappropriate because of its "troubling ideas about race relations,
man's relationship to God, African history and human sexuality."
Challenged by Oakland, California, high school honors class, 1984;
rejected for purchase by Hayward, California, school trustees.
Considered dangerous because it contains "sick words from the mouths of
demon-possessed people."
Challenged by Cumberland Valley High School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
1982.
Profanity and strong sexual content cited as reasons for opposition.
Banned by Washington County, Alabama, Board of Education, 1985;
challenged by Rankin County, Mississippi, School District, 1984;
removed from Bradford, New York, school library, 1985;
rejected for purchase by Hayward, California, school trustees, 1985.
Cited for profanity.
Banned by Spring Valley Community High School, French Lick, Indiana,
1981;
challenged by Dallas, Texas, Independent School District high school
libraries, 1974.
Removed by Evergreen School District, Vancouver, Washington, 1983.
Objections to sexually offensive passages.
Challenged by Wise County, Virginia, 1982;
Alabama State Book Committee, 1983.
Considered "ungodly and obscene."
Removed from Anniston, Alabama, high school libraries, 1982;
Morris, Manitoba, school libraries, 1982.
Labeled as a "sex novel."
Challenged by Dallas, Texas, Independent School District high school
libraries, 1974;
Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980.
Cited for "graphic descriptions of sexual acts, vulgar language and violence."
Challenged by Campbell County, Wyoming, school system, 1983-1984.
Explicit, distasteful love scenes cited among reasons for opposition.
Banned by Plant City, Florida, 1976;
Emporium, Pennsylvania, 1977;
Glen Rose (Arkansas) High School library, 1981.
Challenged by Oberlin (Ohio) High School, 1983;
Glenrock (Wyoming) High School, 1984.
Considered "dangerous" because it contains "offensive passages concerning
incest and sexual intercourse."
Challenged by Richmond (Rhode Island) High School, 1983.
Detractors cite its "four-letter words and [talk] about masturbation, birth
control and disobedience to parents."
Challenged by Midvalley Junior-Senior High School library, Scranton,
Pennsylvania, 1982;
Orlando, Florida, schools, 1982;
Akron, Ohio, School District libraries, 1983;
Howard-Suamico (Wisconsin) High School, 1983;
Holdredge, Nebraska, Public Library, 1984;
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Public Library, 1984;
Patrick County, Virginia, School Board, 1986;
Park Hill (Missouri) South Junior High School library,
1982.
Considered "dangerous" because of obscene language and the unfavorable
depiction of a former minister.
Banned in Kanawha, Iowa, 1980; Morris, Manitoba, 1982.
Challenged by Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980;
Richford, Vermonth, 1991.(?)
Considered "dangerous" because it "teaches children to lie, spy, back-talk
and curse."
Challenged by Xenia, Ohio, school libraries, 1983.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Considered "dangerous" because of objectionable language and "racist" terms
and content.
Challenged by Winnetka, Illinois, 1976;
Warrington, Pennsylvania, 1981;
Davenport, Iowa, 1981;
Fairfax County, Virginia, 1982;
Houston, Texas, 1982;
State College, Pennsylvania, area school district
1983;
Springfield, Illinois, 1983
Waukegan, Illinois, 1984.
Considered "dangerous" because it preaches "bitterness and hatred against
whites."
Challenged by Alabama State Textbook Committee, 1983.
Challenged by Caspar, Wyoming, school libraries, 1984.
Considered "dangerous" because it portrays "sex as the only thing on your
people's minds."
Banned in Haywood County, California, 1981.
Removed by Widefield (Colorado) High School, 1983;
Vancouver, Washington, School District, 1984.
Considered "dangerous" because it is "a perverted commentary on the King James
Version."
Burned in Gastonia, North Carolina, 1986.
Considered "demoralizing inasmuch as it implies that man is little more than
an animal."
Challenged by Dallas, Texas, Independent School District high school
libraries, 1974;
Sully Buttes (South Dakota) High School, 1981;
Owen (North Carolina) High School, 1981;
Marana (Arizona) High School, 1983;
Olney, Texas, Independent School District, 1984.
Removed from Evergreen School District, Vancouver, Washington, 1983.
Profanity and the use of God's name in vain sparked opposition to this novel.
Challenged by Haines City (Florida) High School, 1982.
"Unnecessarily rough language and sexual descriptions" caused opposition to
this novel.
Restricted (to students with parental consent) by Pierce (Nebraska)
High School, 1983.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Objections to purported anti-Semitism.
Banned by Midland, Michigan, classrooms, 1980.
Objections to pro- Communist material
and explicit sexual matter.
Challenged by Jackson County, Florida, 1981.
Considered "dangerous" because of its profanity and "vulgar language."
Banned in Syracuse, Indiana, 1974;
Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1977;
Grand Blanc, Michigan, 1979;
Continental, Ohio, 1980l
Skyline High School, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1983.
Challenged by Greenville, South Carolina, 1977;
Vernon-Verona- Sherill, New York, School District, 1980;
St. David, Arizona, 1981;
Telly City, Indiana, 1982;
Knoxville, Tennessee, School Board, 1984.
Objectionable language.
Removed by Milton (New Hampshire) High School library, 1976.
Challenged by Mahwah, New Jersey, 1976;
Omak, Washington, 1979;
Mohawk Trail Regional High School, Buckland, Mass, 1981.
Removed from required reading list by Westport, Massachusetts, 1977.
Banned by Freemont High School, St. Anthony, Idaho. (Instructor was
fired.)
Challenged by Merrimack (New Hampshire) High School, 1982.
Called "obscene" and "depressing."
Banned (temporarily) by Merrimack (New Hampshire) High School, 1982.
Challenged by Caspar, Whyoming, school libraries, 1984.
Considered "dangerous" because it features "liars, cheaters and stealers."
Challenged by Hillsboro, Missouri, School District, 1985.
Called a "filthy, trashy sex novel."
Challenged by Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980.
Called "blatantly graphic, pornographic and wholly unacceptable for a high
school library."
Burned by Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) High School library, 1985.
Detractors cite offensive language and sex as dangerous elements in this novel.
Challenged by Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980;
Fannett-Metal High School, Shippensburg, Pa, 1985.
Considered dangerous because it "contains violence and demonic possession and
ridicules the Christian religion."
Challenged by Campbell County, Wyoming, school system, 1983.
Banned by Washington County, Alabama, Board of Education, 1985.
SILAS MARNER
Banned by Union High School, Anaheim, California, 1978.
Considered "dangerous" because of violent, irreverent, profane and sexually
explicit content.
Burned in Drake, North Carolina, 1973;
Rochester, Michigan, 1972;
Levittown, New York, 1975;
North Jackson, Ohio, 1979;
Lakeland, Florida, 1982.
Barred from purchase by Washington Park High School, Racine, Wi, 1984.
Challenged by Owensboro (Kentucky) High School library, 1985.
Disapproval based on "profane, immoral andoffensive" content.
Challenged by Caspar, Wyoming, school libraries, 1984;
Bozeman, Montana, school libraries, 1985.
Objections to "graphic language, subject matter, immoral tone and lack of
literary quality."
Challenged by Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 1983.
Considered "dangerous" because of profanity and undermining of race relations.
Challenged (temporaily banned) in Eden Valley, Minnesota, 1977;
Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980;
Warren, Indiana, township schools, 1981;
Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984;
Kansas City, Missouri, junior high schools, 1985;
Park Hill (Missouri) Junior High School, 1985.
Protested by black parents and NAACP in Casa Grande (Arizona)
Elementary School District, 1985.
ULYSSES
"Given its long history of censorship, ULYSSES has rarely been selected for
high school libraries." -- Judith Krug, director, Office for Intellectual
Freedom, American Library Association, 1986.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Use of the word nigger caused opposition.
Challenged by Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984.
Considered by opponents to undermine parental, school and religious authority.
Pulled from shelves for review by MinotNorth Dakota, public school
libraries, 1986.
Challenged by Xenia, Ohio, school libraries, 1983..
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